senator john mccain entering the u.s. capitol. his flag-draped casket leading the way, followed by members of his family. cindy mccain putting her hand over her heart as her husband s remains passed by. you hear the rain hitting the ground out there. it just started to begin pouring here in washington in the last couple of minutes. in about 15 minutes from now, we will see the ceremony begin, the remembrance service for the senator. we bring in presidential historian, president of the lbj foundation, the former director of the lynd linden johnson libr. that is the catafalque that lincoln s casket sat on. the great emancipator. meant so much to our nation. someone wrote of lincoln, you can t measure a tree until it is down. i think we re seeing that with
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recognize some of the other gop contenders that have entered the field have fuss that are, newt gingrich, mitt romney. he also lost his reelection bid in 2006 to democrat bob casey by a wide margin, by a 17 percent margin. granted, this was 2006 when democrats were being swept into congress but he needs to prove to supporters he can win this race, because throughout his career, he has stood by his principles as a social kofrb tiff conservative and today his campaign theme will be the courage to fight for america. jenna, back to you. jenna: as we continue to hear the ceremony begin, everybody can watch it at foxnews.com, we ll bring you there live when that announcement is made but certainly we re seeing the republican field shape itself. gregg: it is and dare may it still be michelle bachmann who could jump in and chris wallace thinks sarah palin might be a serious candidate as well. so it s not a complete field